Called the “Lulo Rose”, the diamond was found at the Lulo alluvial diamond mine, according to the mine’s owner, the Lucapa Diamond Company, who announced the find on its website on Wednesday. The Lulo mine has already produced the two largest diamonds ever found in Angola, including a 404-carat clear diamond. The pink gemstone is the fifth largest diamond of any kind unearthed at the mine where 27 diamonds of 100 carats or more have been found, according to Lucapa, which is based in Australia....

“Nous sommes au milieu de la septième vague, avec une explosion nationale de cas. Si la tendance ne s’inverse pas d’ici deux semaines, les hôpitaux seront débordés et les activités économiques seront perturbées. Les restrictions de voyage strictes devront être résolues. Kazuhiro Tateda, professeur à l’université de Toho, a écrit, vendredi 29 juillet, sur la chaîne publique NHK, un constat alarmant sur l’état de santé au Japon. Aussi, conseiller du gouvernement japonais sur le coronavirus, il a appelé à respecter les règles de distanciation, de ventilation et même d’utilisation de masques....

The news comes ahead of a 24-hour strike by the RMT union on Wednesday, which will see tens of thousands of Network Rail workers and 14 train operators walk off the job. The Transport Salaried Transport Association (TSSA) has also called a strike by its Avanti West Coast members on Wednesday, while members of the Aslef drivers union in eight companies will strike on Saturday. Two more days of rail strikes have been announced by the RMT for August 18 and 20....

Comme la gauche à l’Assemblée, ils dénoncent une disposition qui est “utilisée avant tout pour éviter de traiter du vrai problème du pouvoir d’achat : les augmentations de salaires”. Ces personnalités, dont des délégués syndicaux de la CFE-CGC et des responsables de la CFDT, y voient « un levier puissant pour l’employeur, qui lui permet de refuser l’attribution de jours de repos au motif qu’ils sont rémunérés, vis-à-vis d’un salarié tiraillé entre son besoin de repos et l’amélioration de son pouvoir d’achat »....

Comment OAKMONT, Pa. — The “other American” imprisoned in Russia has a name, too. He was always just Mr. Fogel to the students he entranced with lectures about the Cold War. But he is Marc Hilliard Fogel on his well-worn passports, abundantly stamped from his many years of teaching International Baccalaureate history courses at schools attended by the children of U.S. diplomats and the global elite in Colombia, Venezuela, Oman, Malaysia and, for the past 10 years, in Russia....

The Foreign Secretary told The Telegraph she would refuse to authorise a fresh poll if she wins the Conservative leadership contest. Her refusal to countenance a second referendum at any point if she becomes prime minister appears to go significantly further than Boris Johnson’s earlier rejection of a second poll simply on the basis that now was “not the time”. Ms Truss stated: “Scottish Nationalists accepted that their referendum was a once in a generation opportunity, and I will hold them to that....

Pelosi said in a statement that she is leading a congressional delegation to Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan to discuss trade, the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, security and “democratic governance.” Pelosi has yet to confirm reports that she may visit Taiwan. Chinese President Xi Jinping warned against meddling in Beijing’s relations with the island in a phone call Thursday with his US counterpart, Joe Biden. Beijing sees formal US contact with Taiwan as an encouragement to make permanent its decades-old de facto independence, a step US leaders say they do not support....

Only security forces were inside the building and appeared to allow the protesters to enter with relative ease. Many were followers of an influential cleric and some were seen walking on tables and waving Iraqi flags. The breach comes amid the biggest protest since Iraqi elections were held in October. The protesters protested the recent appointment of Mohammed al-Sudani as the official candidate of the Coordination Framework bloc, a coalition led by Iran-backed Shiite parties and their allies....

Ein wichtiger Teil dieser Reserve werde ab 1. August in Haidach eingespeichert. 8,5 Teraattstunden der Gasreserve werden zudem “explizit aus nicht-russischem Erdgas angelegt”. Dieser Speicher stehe seit dem Abschluss des “Use-it-or-lose-it-Verfahrens wieder zur Verfügung”. “Das gibt Sicherheit und hilft uns auch beim Erreichen unseres Speicherziels”, betonte Klimaschutzministerin Leonore Gewessler (Grüne). Weitere Leistungskapazitäten an nicht-russischem Erdgas habe sich die OMV gesichert. Die Abhängigkeit von Russland sinke im Notfall “deutlich unter 50 Prozent”....

Research into black holes known as “active galactic nuclei” or AGNs, he says, definitively shows the need to revise the widely used “unified AGN model” that characterizes supermassive black holes as all having the same properties. The study, published in The Astrophysical Journal, provides answers to a vexing space mystery and will allow researchers to create more accurate models of the evolution of the universe and how black holes grow....

LONDON — More than 75,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded since the Kremlin launched its brutal war against Ukraine on February 24, according to US intelligence agencies. Speaking to CNN, Michigan Rep. Elisa Slotkin said the estimate was revealed during a classified briefing with Biden administration officials. “We were informed that more than 75,000 Russians were either killed or wounded [in Ukraine], which is huge. … Over 80% of their ground forces are bogged down and they are tired,” he said....

The Google co-founder has remained stoically silent over the past week, where the spotlight has shone on the breakdown of his marriage to estranged wife Nicole Shanahan, 33. On Sunday, the Wall Street Journal claimed that Tesla billionaire Elon Musk, 51, had an affair with Shanahan, which the couple strongly denies. Musk even posted a photo of himself partying with Brin on a boat the day after the allegations were made public....

Robert E Crimo III was arrested by police hours after shots were fired into the crowd during the Fourth of July celebrations in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park. More than 70 rounds were aimed at partying families from a high-powered assault rifle. The killer had dressed in women’s clothing to blend in so they could escape the scene. The state attorney’s office has now confirmed Mr Crimo will be indicted on 117 counts relating to that day, including 21 of first-degree murder....

The incident is believed to have taken place shortly before 10pm in the Stonegate neighborhood when police received two reports of a silver Dodge truck hitting things. The first was a light pole, followed by a nearby residential garage. Police were able to identify the driver as a resident of Airdrie. He was arrested and faces a number of provincial charges including failure to remain at the scene of a collision, driving without a license and operating a motor vehicle with an expired license....

Shakira, whose full name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, is accused of failing to pay the Spanish government 14.5 million euros ($15 million) in taxes between 2012 and 2014. Prosecutors said they would also seek a fine of 24 million euros ($24 million dollars). Singer Shakira attends the screening of ‘Elvis’ during the 75th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 25, 2022 in Cannes, France. Marc Piasecki/FilmMagic/Getty Images The indictment outlines six charges against Shakira....

• A lire aussi : Maripier Morin : “Je suis alcoolique, toxicomane et toujours en traitement” Maripier Morin a marqué son retour sur la scène publique en s’inscrivant comme tête d’affiche du film “Arlette”, prévu pour le 5 août. Deux ans après les événements dont elle accuse l’actrice, Safia Nolin a déclaré que “c’est déjà assez dur de voir que deux ans plus tard, ma santé mentale, ma sécurité, ma carrière sont affectées extrêmement et pire que je ne vois son visage partout....

The Yankees got on the board early with a solo home run by Rizzo in the first inning. Quickly following that in the third, Judge hit his 40th home run of the season to score LeMahieu, who had walked. It was nice to see LeMahieu back on track after a disappointing season last year. By providing solid base skills, it allows Judge to do even more damage when he hits a mammoth hit....

Les débats au Palais Bourbon sur la présidence française de l’UE se sont brièvement intensifiés jeudi 28 juillet après qu’un député alsacien a été traité d’”ambassadeur du Bundestag”, le parlement allemand, par les bancs du RN. “Je suis député à l’Assemblée nationale, de nationalité française, pas représentant du Bundestag ici”, a répondu Charles Sitzenstuhl, élu Renaissance (ex-LREM), décriant alors une “insulte à l’Alsace et à sa douloureuse histoire”. Lire aussi Zelensky appelle l’Allemagne à abattre le nouveau “Mur” érigé en Europe...

Un enfant de six ans a échappé à la surveillance de ses parents jeudi à Fécamp, avant de chuter d’une vingtaine de mètres. Son pronostic vital est engagé Un terrible drame s’est produit jeudi 28 juillet sur les falaises près de Fécamp, en Normandie, rapporte le quotidien régional Paris-Normandie. Un peu après midi, un garçon de 6 ans qui se promenait avec ses parents a échappé à la surveillance de ces derniers....

Un homme a agressé plusieurs passants au couteau dans les rues du Mans (Sarthe) ce mercredi 27 juillet, comme l’a appris Le Figaro de source policière, confirmant une information de Ouest-France. L’homme, âgé d’une trentaine d’années, aurait poignardé deux personnes près du pont Greffier vers 14 heures. L’homme “a attaqué des passants en les poignardant tout en prononçant des mots en arabe à plusieurs reprises”, a déclaré la procureure Delphine Dewailly dans un communiqué....